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121geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… …
122International Style — 1. the general form of architecture developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and others, characterized by simple geometric forms, large untextured, often white, surfaces, large areas of glass, and general use… …
123printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …
124sikhara — /shik euhr euh, shik reuh/, n. (in Indian architecture) a convexly tapering tower, capped by an amalaka. Also, sikra. [ < Skt sikhara] * * * or shikhara Tower characteristic of Hindu temples of northern India. The sikhara over the sanctuary of a… …
125Skara Brae — /skar euh bray / the site of an excavated Neolithic village on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, dating from c2000 B.C. * * * or Skerrabra Late Neolithic village on the shore of the Bay of Skaill in Scotland s Orkney Islands. Skara Brae was built с… …
126Albers, Josef — born March 19, 1888, Bottrop, Ger. died March 25, 1976, New Haven, Conn., U.S. German U.S. painter, poet, teacher, and theoretician. He studied and taught at the Bauhaus and in 1933 became one of the first Bauhaus teachers to immigrate to the U.S …
127Newton, Sir Isaac — born Jan. 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Eng. died March 31, 1727, London English physicist and mathematician. The son of a yeoman, he was raised by his grandmother. He was educated at Cambridge University (1661–65), where he discovered the… …
128Régence style — French style in the decorative arts that developed с 1710–1730, when Philippe II, duc d Orléans, was regent of France. It marks the transition from the massive rectilinear forms of furniture in the Louis XIV style to the Rococo forms of Louis XV… …
